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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He just said what most people are thinking.[/quote]

Maybe. Most of the people that I know are saying—and thinking — that it’s a shame that programs like those at the Kennedy Center that have brought a wide array of free and low-cost performances and workshops to students and communities will be shuttered.  To be fair though, I tend to know more NPR people and Duke Ellington School of the Arts people than TikTok people, so my perspectives may have their biases.

Funny to think that Chalamet owes his early home and a good chunk of his education to those of us who spent quite a lot more than 14 cents of our tax dollars supporting things like arts education and artist’s housing.  Hope he gives back at some point. [/quote]

I feel like these programs are nice generally but I wonder if the price for other people get jacked up to fund them. My ds has benefited from them with band and got to see shows for a relatively low (not free) cost. However, for families who don't benefit from low cost tickets, it is not remotely affordable and that is a shame. It's like the cost of tickets is constantly going up. The Nutcracker near me is $80+ for tickets and those would be the worst ones. Same with musical theater: I paid $500 for seats for my family which was a lot for us and the first time in many years we were all going. The people next to us who came late were talking about how great it was to have free tickets and how they go all the time. They were really loud and on their phones (which the ushers did nothing about). It did not feel worth it.[/quote]

I don’t know enough about what a seat (full or empty) actually costs for a given performance. I do know that many of the programs mention specific grants that support them.   [/quote]

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